You know Valve. If you grew up in the late 1990s, then their seminal title Ha l f-Life defines the modern first-person shooter in a way that Doom pushed the ball forward only a few years earlier. But if you weren’t already gaming by the time Y2K rolled around, Valve is tied up intrinsically with its Steam platform, which revolutionized digital game distribution.

Now everything is Steam-branded. Hell, now there’s even a Valve Steam Controller , which was so eagerly anticipated by PC gamers that when it debuted for sale on May 4, 2026, it sold out in just 30 minutes.

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Considering that it retails for $99, I’d advise patience and not caving to temptation by paying the $300 asking price that’s common right now on eBay.…